Fountain-pen.



T. K. FBLGH. FOUNTAIN PEN. APPLICATION FILED AUG/24,1912. 1,088,691 Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

Attorneys,

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I FOUNTAIEi-PEN.

To all e /rem it may concern. 1

Be it known that I, Tnnooonn K. FELCH, a citizen of the United States, residing. at 5 Newark. in the county of Essex and State of l New Jersey, have invented a new and use- 1 fnl Fountain-Pen, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvemcnts in fountain pens.

-The primary object ofthe invention is the provision of a fountain pen, in which the old style carrying barrel is employed only as a handle, while the ink reservoir is made in the form of a tube connected to and carried through the medium of a coupling by the pen head. the same being bodilyremovable therewith and made of such material as visually to display the contents, so that the writer may ascertain in an instant the quanlily of ink within the reservoir, the barrel or handle being frictionally engaged so that the same may be readily retrieved ,withour. disturbing the ink or soiling the lingers.

A further object is the provisionoi a lountain pen in which the coupling sleeve. which is interiorly threaded at one'end arid provided with a. reduced portion at the other Specification of Letters Bate nt. Au numoii filed ltugu B1; 24.

end, carries a transparent ink reservoir or tube, the open end of which is disposed to ward the intcriorly threadedportion and in co-activc relation With'the removable pen head, the latter being carried by the couplin so that the removal of'the coupling with the pen head from the barrel or handle, which is so constructed as to be free at all times of ink, will permit the writer quicklyto ascertain the amount of ink in the reservoir without soiling the fingers.

'With the foregoing and other objects in view, whichwill appear as the description proceeds. the invention resides in the commnation and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be madc within the scope of what. is claimed wit houl depart- 'ing from the spirit of the invention.

In the dra\vingsl igurc l is a side clcration of the complete pen with the cup in handle position. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the barrel separated from the pen head and ink reservoir. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal I Patented Mar. 3, 191a,. 1612. Serial No. 1181MB.

sleevo. ink reservoir and cap, the pen head being in elevation: Fig. 4 1s a section taken on line --4 of Fig. :3.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the coupling sleeve, Whichxast shown is provided with the. reduced and tapered nipple 2 at one end and with the threaded count'crlmrc t in the other end, the bore 4 of the sleeve being slightly enlarsred .ncxt inside the counterbore as at. 5. Fitting snugly through the bore of the coupling; 1 and extending beyond the nipple 2 thereof is a truns mrcnt inh' reservoir or tube 6. whose rim or mouth 7 is slightly flared to lit miugly vitliin the enlarged )ortion ii at the bore 4 of the coupling, so 1 mt the-tithe it will beheld within the coupling to he many carried thereby. In assembling the -tube and coupling. the closed end of the tube is slid through the coupling '1 until the Il'llHlill of the tube enters the counterhore 3..

and then the threaded nipple or stem 8 ofv the pen head or section 6) i=1 threaded into the countcrborc. 3 of the coupling 1, which will force the tube (5 home so as to anchor it within the coupling. By this means it will he soon that the pen head may be readily removed to permit of the filling of the trmnumrent tube 6, and thus said tube ti is at all times bodily carried by the pen head it. i

In order to prolperly inease the projecting end of the trans arent tube 6 and form a handle for the pen,the tubplar barrel 10 has its enlarged month 11 shpped frictionally over the reduced end 2 of the coupling- 1. so that the-barrel 10 houses the tube loosely, the bore of the sleeve being relatively smaller in diameter than that of the barrel.

Kt pcu cap 12 of usual constrnctiomis provided and is readily engugenble with the pen head it or with the lower end of the bane I't'l to, all as clearly shown.

'lho glass tube (3, may also be vulcanized;

cemented or otherwise made fast within the coupling 1 and not held in by the pen head t): and in fact the cementing methodmey lll found to be preferable.

\umtion is directed to the fact that when the pen section 9 is engaged to the sleeve 1,

the nipple 8 of the pen section will serve to scat or force the flared mouth of the reservoir against the enlarged or tepered,

from the sleeve to exposethe inner end of the reservoin From the ioregoing description, it is evident shat 'Wliln a fountain pen constructed according to the resent invention, that a means for fiefiez mming; the guantity of ink within the reservoir is read 3, aocessilole, it simply being neaessary to detach the barrel 10 which 001m sate-ll to'the coupling sleeve 1 by a fiietion joint, thus, disclosmg the transparent tube 6, which preferably being znacle of glass, will at a glance indicate the quantity oithe ink within the same.v By this means it will also be seen that the annoyance oi soiling the fingers in discon necfiing fine pen head for ascertaining the quantity of ink within the reservoir 6 is ob= visited.

a insensi- What is claimed is:

A fountain pen embodying a sleeve having a "ohreaclecl counterbore at. one end, a barrel having its mouth detachably engaged to the other end .of the sleeve, the sleeve bore being tapered next inside the'cou'nter bore, a transparent tubular ink reservoir fitting snugly through the sleeve bore and'having its closed end housed Within the barrel, the mouth of the reservoir being flared and fit-ting snugly in the tapered portion of the sleeve bore, and a pen section having a re dncecl nipple threaded into the said counterbore to seat the flared mouth of themes ervoir against the'taperetl portion of the sleeve bore.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing my own, I have hereto aiiixed m'y signature inthe presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE K. FELOHE Witnesses: I

F. R.- GRADY,

M. J. MoKnon', 

